FYI: LFG 96, Multi-dictionary search tool

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HTTP://CSLI-WWW.STANFORD.EDU/PUBLICATIONS/

CHOOSE THE &QUOT;PROCEEDINGS ON-LINE&QUOT; LINK AND THEN THE &QUOT;LFG 1&QUOT; LINK.

IT IS OUR HOPE THAT FUTURE PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING THOSE OF LFG 97 TOBE HELD AT UCSD IN JUNE, WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE VIA CSLI PUBLICATIONS(THE FORM OF THE PROCEEDINGS MAY DIFFER IN THE FUTURE, HOWEVER).

DICO IS A TOOL TO CONSULT MULTIPLE DICTIONARIES OR STRUCTURED DATA ONA COMPUTER NETWORK DEVELOPED AT ISSCO (UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA). IT ISDESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE VVARIOUS DICTIONARY REPRESENTATIONS. INADDITION TO A SET OF BASIC SEARCHING MECHANISMS, IT ALLOWS EASYADDITION OF CUSTOM INDEXES.

SIMPLICITY: TOOL THAT ENABLES NON-SPECIALIST USERS TO LOOKUP ENTRIES IN DICTIONARIES. ACCESSIBILITY: IT SHOULD WORK IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF NETWORKED HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTERS. EXPANDABILITY: IT SHOULD BE EASY TO ADD DATA, INDEXES. ROBUSTNESS: IT SHOULD BE RESISTANT TO HAZARDS INHERENT TO NETWORKS AND INEXPERIENCED USERS

A WEB DEMO VERSION OF THIS TOOL IS NOW AVAILABLE, WITH A JAVA USERINTERFACE. HTTP://ISSCO-WWW.UNIGE.CH/STAFF/ROBERT/HOTDICO/HOTDICO.HTML